validate

== English == === Etymology 1 === First attested in 1648; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus (“to validate”) (perhaps through Middle French valider), the perfect passive participle of validō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from validus +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, valid +‎ -ate. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈvæl.ə.deɪt/ Rhymes: -ælɪdeɪt ==== Verb ==== validate (third-person singular simple present validates, present participle validating, simple past and past participle validated) (transitive) To render valid. (transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify. (ergative) To have its validity successfully proven. ===== Antonyms ===== disprove invalidate ===== Related terms ===== cross-validate invalidate valid validation validator ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === First attested in 1586; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymolgy 1 for more. ==== Adjective ==== validate (comparative more validate, superlative most validate) (obsolete, law) Valid, validated. == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /va.liˈda.te/ Rhymes: -ate Hyphenation: va‧li‧dà‧te === Verb === validate inflection of validare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Participle === validate feminine plural of validato === Anagrams === dilavate == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baliˈdate/ [ba.liˈð̞a.t̪e] Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: va‧li‧da‧te === Verb === validate second-person singular voseo imperative of validar combined with te